50 large-scale dinosaurs made from millions of LEGOs coming to Cincinnati Museum Center
By Fletcher Keel
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CINCINNATI (WLWT) — Wish you could come face-to-tooth with a velociraptor? Do you want a chance to create your own hybrid creature? Have you ever wanted walk through the iconic gates of Jurassic Park? This spring at the Cincinnati Museum Center, you’ll be able to.
Featuring over 50 large-scale dinosaurs, props and iconic scenes from the “Jurassic World,” franchise, “Jurassic World by Brickman” is coming to the museum, beginning May 22.
Guests can sign up now for presale access and the opportunity to win a limited-edition LEGO set when tickets go on sale later this spring.
Created by Ryan “The Brickman” McNaught, the immersive exhibition features dinosaurs, props, scenes and activities made from more than six million LEGO bricks.
“We’re excited to bring the Jurassic World by Brickman experience to Cincinnati in a way that will delight fans of the film, dinosaurs and LEGO bricks alike,” said Elizabeth Pierce, president & CEO of Cincinnati Museum Center in a press release. “The exhibition is another opportunity for us to bring a blockbuster experience to Cincinnati and to unite guests of all ages in wonder and joy.”
Among the dinosaurs is a model of the fan favorite Baryonyx, which weighs 900 pounds and took 790 hours to design and create, with the help of 102,317 LEGO bricks.
“Cincinnati will be blown away by the scale of the experience – some of these models are the most complex and challenging ones we have made to date, so being able to bring them to Cincinnati is just fantastic,” said McNaught, the southern hemisphere’s only LEGO Certified Professional. “We have created and used new techniques and committed thousands of hours to build these models that I am personally incredibly proud of.”
The exhibit also features an interactive area for guests to channel their inner Brickman, from building islands to LEGO paleontology, with over 2.5 million bricks to play with.
Exclusive presale tickets will be available starting April 13 through the museum’s website. Adult tickets are $19.50, while seniors and children get in for $14.50, as do member adults. Member seniors or a child member get in for $9.50.
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